I’ve changed the algorithm that’s used to find Skype’s red border so it’s a little more efficient.

I’ve also changed the compiler from Visual Studio 2015, to Visual Studio 2013; it seems “Rising” Antivirus doesn’t like anything made with VS2015 (I did several tests, on several different applications). This should fix that false positive.

Another change is that I no longer embed the Visual C++ runtime (“MultiThreaded” vs “MultiThreaded DLL”), as “Qihoo-360” Antivirus apparently didn’t like that. Because of this, you now need to have the Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Runtime installed in order to run SNB.

– Added a Facebook icon to the top right corner of the program that will take you to our Facebook page when clicked.
– You can now pass “-updateinstallpath” to the app to have it update WoW’s locating in the registry prior to launching.
– Fixed up launch code so it’s the same regardless of how you launch.
– Now compiled with DPI Aware turned on.

As always, you can grab the newest version by letting your current version auto-update or by downloading it here.

Microsoft has, for a while now, been planning to discontinue the Windows Live Messaging platform in favor of the their newly purchased property, Skype. The initial shut-off for Windows Live Messenger was “first quarter of 2013”, later revealed to be April 8th, to April 30th. Keep in mind, the servers behind WLM will continue to stay on for legacy purposes (the xbox 360 for instance, uses WLM).

On April 25th, I was no longer able to sign in. I was prompted instead, with an option to “upgrade” to Skype. Seeing as Skype has an inferior text messaging system, I refused.

So, I fired up OllyDbg. Low and behold, like many of their previous restrictions placed on the client, the forced update is implemented via something they refer to as ‘Policies’ (you may remember how, for a short time, you could not click on certain links – that was a policy in effect). [Continue Reading…]